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Intergalactic Hamsters

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thecolclough:
*creeps back into the forum, tail between legs*

hello again, long time no post.  my bad.  :P  i haven't been ignoring you all on purpose, i've just been tied up a lot with other work lately.

anyways, i'm now starting work on my dissertation project for by BSc Media course, which is a mockumentary about a couple of students trying to make a sci-fi action-adventure feature film, with psychotic alien hamsters trying to take over the Earth.  although it's primarily a live-action project, there will be a few CGI elements, including big scary hamster battle spaceships, and the interior of the Hamster Parliament, all done in guess which program ;D

i'll try and post WIPs of the project's progress on here over the next few months.  for starters, here's the title graphic (i might do a new version with stars in the background later), and the very much unfinished battleship - please forgive the ghastly psychedelic colour scheme, it's only a temporary thing i'm using while i build the models, to help me keep track of which bits are which.  details such as gun turrets are still to come (plus proper textures, of course).

- colclough

ENSONIQ5:
Great work so far colclough, and I love the concept!  Are those giant hamster wheels on the back (or front?) of the ships?  Good to have you back mate.

3D Joe Wiltshire:
Nice work, good to see you back at last!!

The first picture reminds me of a mix of Hitchhikers guide and Star Trek :P

Are those guns in the 2nd picture?

thecolclough:
i've done a little bit more on the ship since last post, but not enough to bother with another render yet.  i'll hopefully do more and give you another preview soon.


--- Quote from: ENSONIQ5 on November 10, 2009, 04:56:36 am ---Are those giant hamster wheels on the back (or front?) of the ships?
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they're actually supposed to be rotating engine nacelles, but the design was inspired by a hamster ball.  one of the next major modelling priorities is to add all the engine support equipment around the nacelle.  and you're right, that end is the back.

on a vaguely related note, the pointy bit sticking down at the front was inspired by a hamster's upper-front teeth, and that's where the primary gun turrets will go - once the guns have been added, you could argue that it's the part the ships will 'bite' with... if you'll excuse the atrocious pun :P


--- Quote from: 3D Joe Wiltshire on November 10, 2009, 11:32:06 am ---The first picture reminds me of a mix of Hitchhikers guide and Star Trek :P
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the hitchhikeriness was deliberate - one of the characters in the mockumentary describes the movie as 'Hitchhiker's Guide meets War of the Worlds' - and the font i used for the word 'INTERGALACTIC' is called Final Frontier, and is a clone of the Star Trek title font.  which might explain why the picture reminded you of Star Trek ;)


--- Quote from: 3D Joe Wiltshire on November 10, 2009, 11:32:06 am ---Are those guns in the 2nd picture?
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those are the invasion ships.  guns coming soonish 8)

- c

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